26 MANDIBULATA. ORTHOFTERA. 



geminatis nigris, siihtus basi virescente, elytris J'uliginosis, obscuro-maculatis, 

 maculdque suhobliqua alba, alls fuliginosis striga parva ad costam. (Long. 

 Corp. 1 unc. 4 lin.) 

 Gry]. miniatus. Charpentier Horce Ent.-p. 162. — Geo. miniata. Steph. Nomen. 

 2d edit. Appendix. 



Head reddish, mouth pale, antennse extending to the back of the thorax, red, 

 with the apex fuscous ; thorax red-brown, with three ridges, the two outer 

 ones acutely angled towards the head, and accompanied by a black streak 

 and two transverse sulci ; abdomen fine red, with a row of six pair of black 

 dots down the back, the base greenish beneath ; legs reddish ; posterior 

 femora and tibiae brighter, with the apex of the last fuscous ; elytra dull 

 smoky-brown, with some obscure darker spots, and a whitish somewhat 

 obliquely placed dot towards the apex ; in the female they are slightly 

 greenish within and are shorter ; wings rounded, broad and smoky, with an 

 oblong black streak at the base of the costa. 



I obtained this insect from the Marshamian collection, and know 

 not its locality. 



Sp. 17. lineata. Viridis aui fusca, lined thoracis utrinque curvata valde elevata 

 rosed, latiorem rectam nigram secante, elytris maris fuscis,fa;niinis margine 

 antico striga albida signato, in utroque sexu versus apicem lineold obliqud albida, 

 pedibus rufis. (Long. corp. 1 unc. 2 — 1 lin,) 



Gr. lineatus. Panzer. — Lo. lineata. Steph. Catal. 302. No. 3323. 



Head large, glabrous, fine green or fuscous ; vertex somewhat conical, with 

 a curved rosy line extending from the eyes to the base of the thorax, accom- 

 panied by a considerably raised ridge, and a broadish deep black streak ; on 

 the thorax are also two transverse impressions, and the sides are variegated 

 with testaceous and brown; abdomen reddish above, greenish beneath; 

 elytra fuscescent in the males, with the anterior margin dilated ; greenish 

 in the female, with a white streak at the base of the costa, and in both sexes 

 a somewhat crescent-shaped whitish spot towards the apex; posterior 

 femora reddish, with an obscure streak on both sides at the base ; knees 

 black; tibias red, with black-tipped spines. 



Not common: found in fields and meadows in the vicinity of 

 London. 



Sp. IS. biguttula. Thoracis carinis lateralibus angulatis ; fusca, thorace lined 

 utrinque atra, elytris griseis maculis ohscurioribus lineoldque obliqud versus 

 apicem albida. (Long. corp. 10 — 14 lin.) 



Gry. biguttulus, Linric. — Lo. crucigera. Steph. Catal. 302. No. 3329. 



Head attenuated in the males, rather convex in the females, either dirty- 

 brown, with brighter spots, or pale, with fuscous ; thorax with its lateral 

 ridges distinctly, but obtusely, angulated, entirely brown, or dull testaceous. 



